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      the recent accident on the North Kent line ^ was concluded on Monday in connexion with two of the deaths . The verdict was as follows : — " We find that John Griffiths and Thomas Perry , labourers , are guilty of manslaughter in regard to the death of John Baringer , and also a similar verdict against the same parties in regard to the death of Horatio Turner . The jury also find from the evidence that the distance signal at the Lewisham station was not and is not so effective as , in their opinion , it should be , and also that great negligence was manifested from the fact that proper appliances were not carried by the engines , as ordered by tHe rules of the company ; and the jury cannot help expressing their regret that so much time should have elapsed before any

      assistance from the company arrived at the scene of the accident ; they likewise express their opinion that more efficient men should be placed to work the signals , and they further condemn the open third-class carriages of similar constraction to those that were destroyed , as not affording sufficient protection for passengers in case of an accident . " Mr . Rees , the solicitor of the railway company , expressed on their behalf the sense they entertained of the great attention and patience which the coroner and jury had bestowed on this inquiry , and assured them that the recommendation of the jury should meet with every proper attention . The court then adjourned to next Monday , for the purpose of recording a verdict in regard to the cases of the other sufferers . and

      Mr . Lavie , of the firm of Oliverson , Lavie , Peachey , lawyers , " has been killed by a fall from his horse . With the exception of Mr . James Freshfield , who died about seven or eight weeks ago , Mr . Lavie was the most eminent commercial lawyer in London . Three youths were drowned last Saturday while bathing in a reservoir near Otley , Yorkshire . Two were brothers , and were aged respectively sixteen and fourteen years ; the third was their cousin , thirteen years of age . None of them could swim , and the youngest of the brothers soon sank in deep water . His elder brother , in endeavouring to save him , was also dragged in . The cousin , who was trying to teach himself to swim by means of a rail , held it out to the drown-r ing youths : both seized it , and pulled the other in . They were all drowned .

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      THE INDIAN REVOLT . The intelligerice brought from India by the last mail is not so cheering as was anticipated . The revolt is hot crushed , but appears for the tune to be spreading , though still confined to the North-west Provinces and to the Hindu soldiery , for the general native population does not sdeni to be affected . The King of Delhi is thought to have yielded to the coercion of the rebels , and to have allowed himself to be placed at the head of the disaffected within the city . He and his son , however , have endeavoured

      to " restore confidence in the bazaars , to check the wholesale plundering that had been committed , and to mitigate the reign of terror inaugurated by the mutineers . This was greatly needed ; for , according to a letter written to the Rajah of Jullunder by his agent at Delhi , upwards of fifty Europeans of both sexea and all ages * were discovered in their hidingplaces on the 13 th of May , two days , after the outbreak , and massacred . It appears , however , that Sir Theophilus Metcalfe , who was believed to have been killed , is safe at Hansi .

      The further course of the insurrection is thus detailed in the summary of the Times Bombay correspondent : — " The soldiery within Delhi are represented to bo without a leader , but other accounts tell us that they have elected to the supreme and second posts of command two native officers of the 3 rd Light Cavalry . Under this or other leadership they had the temerity to advance from the city and attack a portion of the force collecting to crush them . On the 30 th of May , a detachment of the European force at Meorut , the Carabiniers , 60 th Rifles , and Artillery , under the command of Brigadier Wilson , took up an advanced position at the village of Ghazee-ood-deen-nugger , where the road

      to Delhi crosses the little river of Hindun b y a suspension bridge , some fifteen miles from the capital . That same afternoon . tl * o enemy appeared in force with five guns on the further side of the stream , and a smart engagement followed . The Brigadier took his artillery and dragoons across the river by a ford , while the Rifles passed the bridge . They attacked at onco in front and flank ; the mutineers wore doubled up and driven back with the loss of all their guns—part into a burning village , which they themselves had fired , and whore they perished miserably ; part into the open plain ,

      where they were out up by the sabres of the dragoons . Undaunted by this severe check , they returned to the attack on the following day , and wore again repulsed . On the 1 st of Juno , the Brfgadior , whoso loss on the flrat day had boon about forty killed and wounded ( that on the second , ia as yet unknown ) , was reinforced , mid no further attempt lias boon made to contest his possession of tho bridge and ford . Tho mutineers have , no doubt , boon busily occupied in proparing to receive tho army advancing against thorn from Umballah , for , although there are rumours of desertions from Delhi ,

      . they have probably not been numerous , or the horsemen of Scindia and of the Rajahs of Bhurtpore . and UlwaVj not to speak of Agra volunteers , would have had their tale to tell of fugitives intercepted and destroyed . " The advanced guard of General Anson , reached Kurnaul ou the 21 st of May * the main body still remaining for some days at tJmballah . The cause of this delay was the absence of heavy artillesy ! at that station and the consequent necessity of waiting till a siege-train could be brought from the nearest arsenal , which was as far off as Phillour , on the further side of the Sutlej . When the guns arrived , or where nearing his camp , the General advanced , and had reached Kurnaul when he was attacked by cholera , and died at that station on the

      27 th of May . The command of the army devolved upon Sir Henry Barnard , who , as Major-General , had been at the head of the Sirhind Division . Meanwhile , Brigadier Halifax , with the advance , had arrived at Paneeput , fifty-six miles from Delhi , from which place he moved forward on the evening of the 29 th of May . On the 30 th , Sir Henry and the main body were to march from Kurnaul , and it was thought that , by the morning of the 9 th of June , the whole force , strengthened by the greater portion of the Meerut Division , which was to join between Paneeput and Delhi , would appear before the revolted capital . The force is not quite so large as it was expected to be , for it was found necessary to disarm at Umballah two of the native corps—the 5 th and 69 th—which were to form part of it .

      " The 9 th Native Infantry recently caught at Alyghur ( their head-quarters ) a mutinous agent and spy , who was busy in their lines . There were detachments of the same regiment at Mynpoorie , Etawah , and Bolundshuhur . The execution of this spy , who was a Brahmin , was too much for the company at the lastnamed station . They marched down to Alyghur , upbraided their comrades there , and ended in exciting them to open mutiny . The other detachments followed

      the example of the head-quarters . Unlike the regiments of Meerut and Delhi , however , the 9 th did not attempt to molest their officers , but only politely dismissed them ; but they plundered and burnt at will , drove the civilians before them , and then , uniting , marched off . to swell the ranks of the mutineers in Delhi . Some few , however , stood by Lieutenant De Kaiitzowj at Mynpoorie , to the last , and have been well rewarded for their fidelity by promotion—the noncommisstdhed officers receiving commissionsi the privates

      being made havildars and naiks . " About the time of these occurrences at Alyghur and Etawah , the native regiments at Agra began to s ^ pw symptoms of the prevailing disease . They were two in number , the 44 th " and 67 th . Two companies , one of each corps , had been sent to Muttra to bring down treasure to Agra .. They mutinied on the way back , and proceeded to Delhi , murdering , it is feared , some or all of their officers . The spirit shown by these companies determined Mr . Colvin at once to disarm the remainder of the regiment to which they belonged , which was accordingly done on the 1 st of June , in the presence of the 3 rd Europeans and Captain D'Oyly's European field battery . The affair went off quietly , and the city has since been tranquil . Some of Scindin ' s contingent came , up from Gwalior , and were employed to garrison the

      deserted station of Etawah and restore the ejected civil authorities . Out of the Europeans in Agra , a corps of volunteer horse has been raised , which , under the command of Lieutenant Greathed , assisted a few days after the disarming of tho 44 th and 67 th in the execution of a capital piece of service . Tho Rao or petty chief of Burtorolce , near Alyghur , availed himself of the prevailing disorder to declare his independence , turning out Government officials , burning villages , exacting contributions , and establishing himself at Khyrr as the seat of his new and extended sovereignty . His course was soon run . Mr . Watson , the magistrate of Alyghur , with a few troopers and the Volunteer Horse , made a sudden swoop upon Kbyrr , caught the Rao , tried him b y drumhead court-martial , found him guilty of rebellion , and hung him on the sppt—a salutary example that will scarcely need to be repeated .

      " From Lucknowour latest intelligence is of the 31 st of May . During the previous night , tho native troops of the garrison liad partially mutinied . - About one-half of each of tho 48 th and 71 st Regiments , joined by some few of tho other infantry corps , the 13 th , and two troops of tho 7 th Cavalry , deserted their colours and fled towards Seotapore . There appears to have been no disturbance in the city , and the safety of the civil residents has been assured by tho timely precautions of Sir Henry Lawrence , recently created Brigadier-General , and by his judicious distribution of tho guns of the European field

      battery and the bayonets of tho Queen's 82 nd . At Allahabad , doubts were at ono time entertained of tho 6 th Native Infantry , but no disturbance has taken place . All tho stations in Bengal are quiet . At Barraolcporo , tho 70 Ui addressed tho Govornor-Gonoral by petition , expressing its abhorrenco of tho proceedings of tho mutineers , and requesting to bo permitted to march upon Delhi . That request was acceded to by Lord Cunning in person at a parado of tho regiment on tho 28 th of May . Arrangements would bo made , said his Lordship , to onable tho loynl 70 th to march for tho north-west in four or flvo dayB .

      Pe 3 hawur , on the 22 nd , three more infantry regiments , the 24 th , 27 th , and 51 st , and the 5 th Light Cavalry were deprived of their arms . A Subahdar-Major of the 51 st was hanged in presence of all the troops . At Murdan , the 55 th , or the greater portion of the regiment , deserted their colours . Their Colonel , Spottiswoode , committed suicide . A party of Europeans and Irregulars from Peshawur attacked them , killed or captured two hundred , and drove the remainder to seek safety by hasty flight into the Swat Valley in their rear , the entrance to which is now carefully guarded against a possible attack by the tribes . Six men of the corps had alreadv been shot at Peshawur , together with a native

      " Retracing our steps to the north-west , we find that mutiny , desertion , or dismissal has greatly thinned the imposing army of the Punjab . Disaffection is rife both at Ferozepore and at Lahore . The 45 th and 57 th Regiments mutinied at Ferozepore on the 13 th of May . But-her Majesty ' a 61 st , aided by the 10 th Light Cavalry , which remained staunch , inflicted-severe loss upon them , and on the following day the mutineers gave in and were quietly disarmed . At Meean Meer , the camp of Lahore , the three native infantry regiments of the garrison , the 16 th , 26 th , and 49 th , were disarmed on the 13 th by Brigadier Corbett , with the 81 st Foot and the powerful force of artillery , horse and foot . At

      officer of the 10 th Irregualars , and the prisoners , one hundred and fifty in number , were to be tried as soon as thev were brought into the station . At the latest dates the whole of the Punjab was perfectly tranquil . " A glance at Kajpootana and I shall have completed the tale of mutinies that , if my computation is correct , have cost the Bengal army the whole or the greater part of twenty-eight regiments of foot , of four of horse , two companies of artillery , each with a field battery , and of the corps of Sappers and Miners . The stations of Nusseerabad , near Ajmere , and Neemuch , usually garrisoned from Bombay , were at the beginning of the year drained of the infantry and guns of the army of that presidency by the pressure of the Persian war . There remained the

      1 st Bombay Light Cavalry ( Lancers ) cantoned at Nusseerabad , but that station received for infantry the 15 th Bengal Native infantry from Meerut , and the 30 th from Agra ; and for artillery a Bengal native company , the 2 nd of the 7 th battalion . To Neemuch there came the 72 nd Native Infantry and a native troop of Horse Artillery ( 4 th of 1 st Battalion ) , both from Agra ; and a wing of the 1 st ( Bengal ) Light Cavalry from Mhow . The Bengal troops at Nusseerabad , who Jiadlong been waveting , broke ' out into open mutiny on the evening of the 28 th of May . The Bombay Lancers were weakened by detachments , and drew less than two hundred and fifty sabres ; but again and again they charged the overwhelming numbers of the mutineers , in the hope of

      capturing their guns . However , as may be supposed , their loyalty and courage were not rewarded by success , and they were forced to draw off , with the loss among their officers of Captain Spottiswoode and Cornet Newberry killed , and Captain Hardy and Lieutenant F . Loch wounded . Their Colonel , Penny , died the following night from the effects of a fall from his horse . The regiments escorting the officers and families of the revolted regiments retired towards Ajmere ; but , the mutineers moving off towards Delhi ( which they did with colours ftying and drums beating ) , and the arsenal of Ajmere being thus out of danger , they joined the camp of Colonel Dixon , of the Mhaihvarrah Battalion , at Bewar . The Contingents of Kotah and Joudpore aro protecting the district , and a Bombay force from Deesa , formed from the Queen's 83 rd , the 12 th Native Infantry , a squadron of the 2 nd Cavalry , and some artillery , aro

      moving up in support . Of what has been happening meanwhile at Neemuch we know but little with certainty , but that the 72 nd has mutinied seems to bo beyond a doubt . I trust to be able to assure you that the rumours of a wholesale European massacre at tho station are untrue . A Bombay column has been formed , and part is already on its way to the spot from Poonah . It consists of a field battery from Ahmednuggcr , the 3 rd troop of Horse Artillery from Kurrachee , two squadrons of the 14 th Light Dragoons , the 25 th and 19 th Native Infantry , and the company of Madras Sappers lately brought back from Persia . The force is under the command of Major-Genoral Woodburn , C . B . Sir Henry Somerset , who haa succeeded , as senior Lieutenant-General , to tho command of the army of India , remains at Poonah , awaiting the orders of tho supremo Government . "

      Sir Patrick Grant has been appointed by tlio Indian Government to take the command of tho Bongal army , in place of General Anson ; but ho will bo superseded by Sir Colin Campbell , who has boon sent out by tho Homo Government . On tliQ receipt in London , last Saturday , of tho telegraphic despatches which anticipate the usual mails , n Cabinet Council was at onco held . Sir Colin Campbell was summoned , and whs asked how soon he could go out to tako the command in tho disaffected provinces . Ho immediately replied that ho would gy thq next day , ' adding tliat hq would not wnit to tako anything out with him : he could get all ho wanted as well at Calcutta as in London . Tho stoamor for India which was about to start was stopped by telegraph , nod ordered to await Sir

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      - CA THE LEADER . [ No . 382 , Jtoy 18 , 1857 . ¦ ooU ¦ • - . ¦ ' ¦ ¦'¦¦ - ' - —

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    • Leader (1850-1860), July 18, 1857, page 680, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2201/page/8/